Method and apparatus for transmitting sci in nr v2x groupcast communication

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure proposes an operation method of a first device in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information related to the maximum number of transmission resources which can be indicated by sidelink control information (SCI); determining a size of a field on the SCI, the field indicating the number of the transmission resources, on the basis of the information related to the maximum number of the transmission resources which can be indicated by the SCI; and transmitting, to a second device, the SCI including the field indicating the number of the transmission resources.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE Field of the Disclosure

This disclosure relates to a wireless communication system.

Related Art

Sidelink (SL) communication is a communication scheme in which a direct link is established between User Equipments (UEs) and the UEs exchange voice and data directly with each other without intervention of an evolved Node B (eNB). SL communication is under consideration as a solution to the overhead of an eNB caused by rapidly increasing data traffic.

Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) refers to a communication technology through which a vehicle exchanges information with another vehicle, a pedestrian, an object having an infrastructure (or infra) established therein, and so on. The V2X may be divided into 4 types, such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), vehicle-to-network (V2N), and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P). The V2X communication may be provided via a PC5 interface and/or Uu interface.

Meanwhile, as a wider range of communication devices require larger communication capacities, the need for mobile broadband communication that is more enhanced than the existing Radio Access Technology (RAT) is rising. Accordingly, discussions are made on services and user equipment (UE) that are sensitive to reliability and latency. And, a next generation radio access technology that is based on the enhanced mobile broadband communication, massive Machine Type Communication (MTC), Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communication (URLLC), and so on, may be referred to as a new radio access technology (RAT) or new radio (NR). Herein, the NR may also support vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication.

FIG. 1 is a drawing for describing V2X communication based on NR, compared to V2X communication based on RAT used before NR. The embodiment of FIG. 1 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Regarding V2X communication, a scheme of providing a safety service, based on a V2X message such as BSM (Basic Safety Message), CAM (Cooperative Awareness Message), and DENM (Decentralized Environmental Notification Message) is focused in the discussion on the RAT used before the NR. The V2X message may include position information, dynamic information, attribute information, or the like. For example, a UE may transmit a periodic message type CAM and/or an event triggered message type DENM to another UE.

For example, the CAM may include dynamic state information of the vehicle such as direction and speed, static data of the vehicle such as a size, and basic vehicle information such as an exterior illumination state, route details, or the like. For example, the UE may broadcast the CAM, and latency of the CAM may be less than 100 ms. For example, the UE may generate the DENM and transmit it to another UE in an unexpected situation such as a vehicle breakdown, accident, or the like. For example, all vehicles within a transmission range of the UE may receive the CAM and/or the DENM. In this case, the DENM may have a higher priority than the CAM.

Thereafter, regarding V2X communication, various V2X scenarios are proposed in NR. For example, the various V2X scenarios may include vehicle platooning, advanced driving, extended sensors, remote driving, or the like.

For example, based on the vehicle platooning, vehicles may move together by dynamically forming a group. For example, in order to perform platoon operations based on the vehicle platooning, the vehicles belonging to the group may receive periodic data from a leading vehicle. For example, the vehicles belonging to the group may decrease or increase an interval between the vehicles by using the periodic data.

For example, based on the advanced driving, the vehicle may be semi-automated or fully automated. For example, each vehicle may adjust trajectories or maneuvers, based on data obtained from a local sensor of a proximity vehicle and/or a proximity logical entity. In addition, for example, each vehicle may share driving intention with proximity vehicles.

For example, based on the extended sensors, raw data, processed data, or live video data obtained through the local sensors may be exchanged between a vehicle, a logical entity, a UE of pedestrians, and/or a V2X application server. Therefore, for example, the vehicle may recognize a more improved environment than an environment in which a self-sensor is used for detection.

For example, based on the remote driving, for a person who cannot drive or a remote vehicle in a dangerous environment, a remote driver or a V2X application may operate or control the remote vehicle. For example, if a route is predictable such as public transportation, cloud computing based driving may be used for the operation or control of the remote vehicle. In addition, for example, an access for a cloud-based back-end service platform may be considered for the remote driving.

Meanwhile, a scheme of specifying service requirements for various V2X scenarios such as vehicle platooning, advanced driving, extended sensors, remote driving, or the like is discussed in NR-based V2X communication.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE Technical Solutions

According to an embodiment, a method of operating a first apparatus in a wireless communication system is proposed. The method may comprise: receiving information related to the maximum number of transmission resources which can be represented by sidelink control information (SCI) from a base station; determining a size of a field on the SCI representing the number of transmission resources, based on the information related to the maximum number of transmission resources; and transmitting the SCI including the field representing the number of transmission resources to a second apparatus.

Effects of the Disclosure

The user equipment (UE) may efficiently perform SL communication.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a drawing for describing V2X communication based on NR, compared to V2X communication based on RAT used before NR.

FIG. 2 shows a structure of an NR system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 shows a functional division between an NG-RAN and a 5GC, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 shows a radio protocol architecture, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 shows a structure of an NR system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 shows a structure of a slot of an NR frame, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a BWP, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 shows a radio protocol architecture for a SL communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 shows a UE performing V2X or SL communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 shows a procedure of performing V2X or SL communication by a UE based on a transmission mode, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 11 shows three cast types, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 12 shows a procedure in which a transmitting UE transmits a PSSCH and a PSCCH related to N-th data to a receiving UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 13 shows a procedure for a transmitting UE to transmit a PSCCH including an SCI to a receiving UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 14 shows a procedure in which a first apparatus transmits an SCI to a second apparatus through a PSCCH according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 15 shows a procedure in which a second apparatus receives a PSCCH from a first apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 16 shows a communication system 1, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 17 shows wireless devices, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 18 shows a signal process circuit for a transmission signal, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 19 shows a wireless device, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 20 shows a hand-held device, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 21 shows a car or an autonomous vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

In the present specification, “A or B” may mean “only A”, “only B” or “both A and B.” In other words, in the present specification, “A or B” may be interpreted as “A and/or B”. For example, in the present specification, “A, B, or C” may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B, C”.

A slash (/) or comma used in the present specification may mean “and/or”. For example, “A/B” may mean “A and/or B”. Accordingly, “A/B” may mean “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. For example, “A, B, C” may mean “A, B, or C”.

In the present specification, “at least one of A and B” may mean “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. In addition, in the present specification, the expression “at least one of A or B” or “at least one of A and/or B” may be interpreted as “at least one of A and B”.

In addition, in the present specification, “at least one of A, B, and C” may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B, and C”. In addition, “at least one of A, B, or C” or “at least one of A, B, and/or C” may mean “at least one of A, B, and C”.

In addition, a parenthesis used in the present specification may mean “for example”. Specifically, when indicated as “control information (PDCCH)”, it may mean that “PDCCH” is proposed as an example of the “control information”. In other words, the “control information” of the present specification is not limited to “PDCCH”, and “PDDCH” may be proposed as an example of the “control information”. In addition, when indicated as “control information (i.e., PDCCH)”, it may also mean that “PDCCH” is proposed as an example of the “control information”.

A technical feature described individually in one figure in the present specification may be individually implemented, or may be simultaneously implemented.

The technology described below may be used in various wireless communication systems such as code division multiple access (CDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), and so on. The CDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as universal terrestrial radio access (UTRA) or CDMA-2000. The TDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as global system for mobile communications (GSM)/general packet ratio service (GPRS)/enhanced data rate for GSM evolution (EDGE). The OFDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), and so on. IEEE 802.16m is an evolved version of IEEE 802.16e and provides backward compatibility with a system based on the IEEE 802.16e. The UTRA is part of a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS). 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) is part of an evolved UMTS (E-UMTS) using the E-UTRA. The 3GPP LTE uses the OFDMA in a downlink and uses the SC-FDMA in an uplink. LTE-advanced (LTE-A) is an evolution of the LTE.

5G NR is a successive technology of LTE-A corresponding to a new Clean-slate type mobile communication system having the characteristics of high performance, low latency, high availability, and so on. 5G NR may use resources of all spectrum available for usage including low frequency bands of less than 1 GHz, middle frequency bands ranging from 1 GHz to 10 GHz, high frequency (millimeter waves) of 24 GHz or more, and so on.

For clarity in the description, the following description will mostly focus on LTE-A or 5G NR. However, technical features according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will not be limited only to this.

FIG. 2 shows a structure of an NR system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 2 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 2, a next generation-radio access network (NG-RAN) may include a BS 20 providing a UE 10 with a user plane and control plane protocol termination. For example, the BS 20 may include a next generation-Node B (gNB) and/or an evolved-NodeB (eNB). For example, the UE 10 may be fixed or mobile and may be referred to as other terms, such as a mobile station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a subscriber station (SS), a mobile terminal (MT), wireless device, and so on. For example, the BS may be referred to as a fixed station which communicates with the UE 10 and may be referred to as other terms, such as a base transceiver system (BTS), an access point (AP), and so on.

The embodiment of FIG. 2 exemplifies a case where only the gNB is included. The BSs 20 may be connected to one another via Xn interface. The BS 20 may be connected to one another via 5th generation (5G) core network (5GC) and NG interface. More specifically, the BSs 20 may be connected to an access and mobility management function (AMF) 30 via NG-C interface, and may be connected to a user plane function (UPF) 30 via NG-U interface.

FIG. 3 shows a functional division between an NG-RAN and a 5GC, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 3, the gNB may provide functions, such as Inter Cell Radio Resource Management (RRM), Radio Bearer (RB) control, Connection Mobility Control, Radio Admission Control, Measurement Configuration & Provision, Dynamic Resource Allocation, and so on. An AMF may provide functions, such as Non Access Stratum (NAS) security, idle state mobility processing, and so on. A UPF may provide functions, such as Mobility Anchoring, Protocol Data Unit (PDU) processing, and so on. A Session Management Function (SMF) may provide functions, such as user equipment (UE) Internet Protocol (IP) address allocation, PDU session control, and so on.

Layers of a radio interface protocol between the UE and the network can be classified into a first layer (L1), a second layer (L2), and a third layer (L3) based on the lower three layers of the open system interconnection (OSI) model that is well-known in the communication system. Among them, a physical (PHY) layer belonging to the first layer provides an information transfer service by using a physical channel, and a radio resource control (RRC) layer belonging to the third layer serves to control a radio resource between the UE and the network. For this, the RRC layer exchanges an RRC message between the UE and the BS.

FIG. 4 shows a radio protocol architecture, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 4 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 4(a) shows a radio protocol architecture for a user plane, and FIG. 4(b) shows a radio protocol architecture for a control plane. The user plane corresponds to a protocol stack for user data transmission, and the control plane corresponds to a protocol stack for control signal transmission.

Referring to FIG. 4, a physical layer provides an upper layer with an information transfer service through a physical channel. The physical layer is connected to a medium access control (MAC) layer which is an upper layer of the physical layer through a transport channel. Data is transferred between the MAC layer and the physical layer through the transport channel. The transport channel is classified according to how and with what characteristics data is transmitted through a radio interface.

Between different physical layers, i.e., a physical layer of a transmitter and a physical layer of a receiver, data are transferred through the physical channel. The physical channel is modulated using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, and utilizes time and frequency as a radio resource.

The MAC layer provides services to a radio link control (RLC) layer, which is a higher layer of the MAC layer, via a logical channel. The MAC layer provides a function of mapping multiple logical channels to multiple transport channels. The MAC layer also provides a function of logical channel multiplexing by mapping multiple logical channels to a single transport channel. The MAC layer provides data transfer services over logical channels.

The RLC layer performs concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of Radio Link Control Service Data Unit (RLC SDU). In order to ensure diverse quality of service (QoS) required by a radio bearer (RB), the RLC layer provides three types of operation modes, i.e., a transparent mode (TM), an unacknowledged mode (UM), and an acknowledged mode (AM). An AM RLC provides error correction through an automatic repeat request (ARQ).

A radio resource control (RRC) layer is defined only in the control plane. The RRC layer serves to control the logical channel, the transport channel, and the physical channel in association with configuration, reconfiguration and release of RBs. The RB is a logical path provided by the first layer (i.e., the physical layer or the PHY layer) and the second layer (i.e., the MAC layer, the RLC layer, and the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer) for data delivery between the UE and the network.

Functions of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer in the user plane include user data delivery, header compression, and ciphering. Functions of a PDCP layer in the control plane include control-plane data delivery and ciphering/integrity protection.

A service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer is defined only in a user plane. The SDAP layer performs mapping between a Quality of Service (QoS) flow and a data radio bearer (DRB) and QoS flow ID (QFI) marking in both DL and UL packets.

The configuration of the RB implies a process for specifying a radio protocol layer and channel properties to provide a particular service and for determining respective detailed parameters and operations. The RB can be classified into two types, i.e., a signaling RB (SRB) and a data RB (DRB). The SRB is used as a path for transmitting an RRC message in the control plane. The DRB is used as a path for transmitting user data in the user plane.

When an RRC connection is established between an RRC layer of the UE and an RRC layer of the E-UTRAN, the UE is in an RRC CONNECTED state, and, otherwise, the UE may be in an RRC IDLE state. In case of the NR, an RRC INACTIVE state is additionally defined, and a UE being in the RRC INACTIVE state may maintain its connection with a core network whereas its connection with the BS is released.

Data is transmitted from the network to the UE through a downlink transport channel. Examples of the downlink transport channel include a broadcast channel (BCH) for transmitting system information and a downlink-shared channel (SCH) for transmitting user traffic or control messages. Traffic of downlink multicast or broadcast services or the control messages can be transmitted on the downlink-SCH or an additional downlink multicast channel (MCH). Data is transmitted from the UE to the network through an uplink transport channel. Examples of the uplink transport channel include a random access channel (RACH) for transmitting an initial control message and an uplink SCH for transmitting user traffic or control messages.

Examples of logical channels belonging to a higher channel of the transport channel and mapped onto the transport channels include a broadcast channel (BCCH), a paging control channel (PCCH), a common control channel (CCCH), a multicast control channel (MCCH), a multicast traffic channel (MTCH), etc.

The physical channel includes several OFDM symbols in a time domain and several sub-carriers in a frequency domain. One sub-frame includes a plurality of OFDM symbols in the time domain. A resource block is a unit of resource allocation, and consists of a plurality of OFDM symbols and a plurality of sub-carriers. Further, each subframe may use specific sub-carriers of specific OFDM symbols (e.g., a first OFDM symbol) of a corresponding subframe for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), i.e., an L1/L2 control channel. A transmission time interval (TTI) is a unit time of subframe transmission.

FIG. 5 shows a structure of an NR system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 5 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 5, in the NR, a radio frame may be used for performing uplink and downlink transmission. A radio frame has a length of 10 ms and may be defined to be configured of two half-frames (HFs). A half-frame may include five lms subframes (SFs). A subframe (SF) may be divided into one or more slots, and the number of slots within a subframe may be determined in accordance with subcarrier spacing (SCS). Each slot may include 12 or 14 OFDM (A) symbols according to a cyclic prefix (CP).

In case of using a normal CP, each slot may include 14 symbols. In case of using an extended CP, each slot may include 12 symbols. Herein, a symbol may include an OFDM symbol (or CP-OFDM symbol) and a Single Carrier-FDMA (SC-FDMA) symbol (or Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) symbol).

Table 1 shown below represents an example of a number of symbols per slot (Nslotsymb), a number slots per frame (Nframe,uslot), and a number of slots per subframe (Nsubframe,uslot) in accordance with an SCS configuration (u), in a case where a normal CP is used.

TABLE 1 SCS (15 * 2u) Nslotsymb Nframe,uslot Nsubframe,uslot  15 KHz (u = 0) 14 10 1  30 KHz (u = 1) 14 20 2  60 KHz (u = 2) 14 40 4 120 KHz (u = 3) 14 80 8 240 KHz (u = 4) 14 160 16

Table 2 shows an example of a number of symbols per slot, a number of slots per frame, and a number of slots per subframe in accordance with the SCS, in a case where an extended CP is used.

TABLE 2 SCS (15 * 2u) Nslotsymb Nframe,uslot Nsubframe,uslot 60 KHz (u = 2) 12 40 4

In an NR system, OFDM (A) numerologies (e.g., SCS, CP length, and so on) between multiple cells being integrate to one UE may be differently configured. Accordingly, a (absolute time) duration (or section) of a time resource (e.g., subframe, slot or TTI) (collectively referred to as a time unit (TU) for simplicity) being configured of the same number of symbols may be differently configured in the integrated cells. In the NR, multiple numerologies or SCSs for supporting diverse 5G services may be supported. For example, in case an SCS is 15 kHz, a wide area of the conventional cellular bands may be supported, and, in case an SCS is 30 kHz/60 kHz a dense-urban, lower latency, wider carrier bandwidth may be supported. In case the SCS is 60 kHz or higher, a bandwidth that is greater than 24.25 GHz may be used in order to overcome phase noise.

An NR frequency band may be defined as two different types of frequency ranges. The two different types of frequency ranges may be FR1 and FR2. The values of the frequency ranges may be changed (or varied), and, for example, the two different types of frequency ranges may be as shown below in Table 3. Among the frequency ranges that are used in an NR system, FR1 may mean a “sub 6 GHz range”, and FR2 may mean an “above 6 GHz range” and may also be referred to as a millimeter wave (mmW).

TABLE 3 Frequency Range Corresponding Subcarrier designation frequency range Spacing (SCS) FR1  450 MHz-6000 MHz 15, 30, 60 kHz FR2 24250 MHz-52600 MHz 60, 120, 240 kHz

As described above, the values of the frequency ranges in the NR system may be changed (or varied). For example, as shown below in Table 4, FR1 may include a band within a range of 410 MHz to 7125 MHz. More specifically, FR1 may include a frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, and so on) and higher. For example, a frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, and so on) and higher being included in FR1 mat include an unlicensed band. The unlicensed band may be used for diverse purposes, e.g., the unlicensed band for vehicle-specific communication (e.g., automated driving).

TABLE 4 Frequency Range Corresponding Subcarrier designation frequency range Spacing (SCS) FR1  410 MHz-7125 MHz 15, 30, 60 kHz FR2 24250 MHz-52600 MHz 60, 120, 240 kHz

FIG. 6 shows a structure of a slot of an NR frame, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG. 6, a slot includes a plurality of symbols in a time domain. For example, in case of a normal CP, one slot may include 14 symbols. However, in case of an extended CP, one slot may include 12 symbols. Alternatively, in case of a normal CP, one slot may include 7 symbols. However, in case of an extended CP, one slot may include 6 symbols.

A carrier includes a plurality of subcarriers in a frequency domain. A Resource Block (RB) may be defined as a plurality of consecutive subcarriers (e.g., 12 subcarriers) in the frequency domain. A Bandwidth Part (BWP) may be defined as a plurality of consecutive (Physical) Resource Blocks ((P)RBs) in the frequency domain, and the BWP may correspond to one numerology (e.g., SCS, CP length, and so on). A carrier may include a maximum of N number BWPs (e.g., 5 BWPs). Data communication may be performed via an activated BWP. Each element may be referred to as a Resource Element (RE) within a resource grid and one complex symbol may be mapped to each element.

Meanwhile, a radio interface between a UE and another UE or a radio interface between the UE and a network may consist of an L1 layer, an L2 layer, and an L3 layer. In various embodiments of the present disclosure, the L1 layer may imply a physical layer. In addition, for example, the L2 layer may imply at least one of a MAC layer, an RLC layer, a PDCP layer, and an SDAP layer. In addition, for example, the L3 layer may imply an RRC layer.

Hereinafter, a bandwidth part (BWP) and a carrier will be described.

The BWP may be a set of consecutive physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a given numerology. The PRB may be selected from consecutive sub-sets of common resource blocks (CRBs) for the given numerology on a given carrier.

When using bandwidth adaptation (BA), a reception bandwidth and transmission bandwidth of a UE are not necessarily as large as a bandwidth of a cell, and the reception bandwidth and transmission bandwidth of the BS may be adjusted. For example, a network/BS may inform the UE of bandwidth adjustment. For example, the UE receive information/configuration for bandwidth adjustment from the network/BS. In this case, the UE may perform bandwidth adjustment based on the received information/configuration. For example, the bandwidth adjustment may include an increase/decrease of the bandwidth, a position change of the bandwidth, or a change in subcarrier spacing of the bandwidth.

For example, the bandwidth may be decreased during a period in which activity is low to save power. For example, the position of the bandwidth may move in a frequency domain. For example, the position of the bandwidth may move in the frequency domain to increase scheduling flexibility. For example, the subcarrier spacing of the bandwidth may be changed. For example, the subcarrier spacing of the bandwidth may be changed to allow a different service. A subset of a total cell bandwidth of a cell may be called a bandwidth part (BWP). The BA may be performed when the B S/network configures the BWP to the UE and the B S/network informs the UE of the BWP currently in an active state among the configured BWPs.

For example, the BWP may be at least any one of an active BWP, an initial BWP, and/or a default BWP. For example, the UE may not monitor downlink radio link quality in a DL BWP other than an active DL BWP on a primary cell (PCell). For example, the UE may not receive PDCCH, PDSCH, or CSI-RS (excluding RRM) outside the active DL BWP. For example, the UE may not trigger a channel state information (CSI) report for the inactive DL BWP. For example, the UE may not transmit PUCCH or PUSCH outside an active UL BWP. For example, in a downlink case, the initial BWP may be given as a consecutive RB set for an RMSI CORESET (configured by PBCH). For example, in an uplink case, the initial BWP may be given by SIB for a random access procedure. For example, the default BWP may be configured by a higher layer. For example, an initial value of the default BWP may be an initial DL BWP. For energy saving, if the UE fails to detect DCI during a specific period, the UE may switch the active BWP of the UE to the default BWP.

Meanwhile, the BWP may be defined for SL. The same SL BWP may be used in transmission and reception. For example, a transmitting UE may transmit an SL channel or an SL signal on a specific BWP, and a receiving UE may receive the SL channel or the SL signal on the specific BWP. In a licensed carrier, the SL BWP may be defined separately from a Uu BWP, and the SL BWP may have configuration signaling separate from the Uu BWP. For example, the UE may receive a configuration for the SL BWP from the BS/network. The SL BWP may be (pre-)configured in a carrier with respect to an out-of-coverage NR V2X UE and an RRC IDLE UE. For the UE in the RRC CONNECTED mode, at least one SL BWP may be activated in the carrier.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a BWP, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 7 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. It is assumed in the embodiment of FIG. 7 that the number of BWPs is 3.

Referring to FIG. 7, a common resource block (CRB) may be a carrier resource block numbered from one end of a carrier band to the other end thereof. In addition, the PRB may be a resource block numbered within each BWP. A point A may indicate a common reference point for a resource block grid.

The BWP may be configured by a point A, an offset NstartBWP from the point A, and a bandwidth NsizeBWP. For example, the point A may be an external reference point of a PRB of a carrier in which a subcarrier 0 of all numerologies (e.g., all numerologies supported by a network on that carrier) is aligned. For example, the offset may be a PRB interval between a lowest subcarrier and the point A in a given numerology. For example, the bandwidth may be the number of PRBs in the given numerology.

Hereinafter, V2X or SL communication will be described.

FIG. 8 shows a radio protocol architecture for a SL communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 8 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. More specifically, FIG. 8(a) shows a user plane protocol stack, and FIG. 8(b) shows a control plane protocol stack.

Hereinafter, a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) and synchronization information will be described.

The SLSS may include a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS), as an SL-specific sequence. The PSSS may be referred to as a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS), and the SSSS may be referred to as a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS). For example, length-127 M-sequences may be used for the S-PSS, and length-127 gold sequences may be used for the S-SSS. For example, a UE may use the S-PSS for initial signal detection and for synchronization acquisition. For example, the UE may use the S-PSS and the S-SSS for acquisition of detailed synchronization and for detection of a synchronization signal ID.

A physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) may be a (broadcast) channel for transmitting default (system) information which must be first known by the UE before SL signal transmission/reception. For example, the default information may be information related to SLSS, a duplex mode (DM), a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration, information related to a resource pool, a type of an application related to the SLSS, a subframe offset, broadcast information, or the like. For example, for evaluation of PSBCH performance, in NR V2X, a payload size of the PSBCH may be 56 bits including 24-bit CRC.

The S-PSS, the S-SSS, and the PSBCH may be included in a block format (e.g., SL synchronization signal (SS)/PSBCH block, hereinafter, sidelink-synchronization signal block (S-SSB)) supporting periodical transmission. The S-SSB may have the same numerology (i.e., SCS and CP length) as a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)/physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in a carrier, and a transmission bandwidth may exist within a (pre-)configured sidelink (SL) BWP. For example, the S-SSB may have a bandwidth of 11 resource blocks (RBs). For example, the PSBCH may exist across 11 RBs. In addition, a frequency position of the S-SSB may be (pre-)configured. Accordingly, the UE does not have to perform hypothesis detection at frequency to discover the S-SSB in the carrier.

FIG. 9 shows a UE performing V2X or SL communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 9 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 9, in V2X or SL communication, the term ‘UE’ may generally imply a UE of a user. However, if a network equipment such as a BS transmits/receives a signal according to a communication scheme between UEs, the BS may also be regarded as a sort of the UE. For example, a UE 1 may be a first apparatus 100, and a UE 2 may be a second apparatus 200.

For example, the UE 1 may select a resource unit corresponding to a specific resource in a resource pool which implies a set of series of resources. In addition, the UE 1 may transmit an SL signal by using the resource unit. For example, a resource pool in which the UE 1 is capable of transmitting a signal may be configured to the UE 2 which is a receiving UE, and the signal of the UE 1 may be detected in the resource pool.

Herein, if the UE 1 is within a connectivity range of the BS, the BS may inform the UE 1 of the resource pool. Otherwise, if the UE 1 is out of the connectivity range of the BS, another UE may inform the UE 1 of the resource pool, or the UE 1 may use a pre-configured resource pool.

In general, the resource pool may be configured in unit of a plurality of resources, and each UE may select a unit of one or a plurality of resources to use it in SL signal transmission thereof.

Hereinafter, resource allocation in SL will be described.

FIG. 10 shows a procedure of performing V2X or SL communication by a UE based on a transmission mode, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 10 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. In various embodiments of the present disclosure, the transmission mode may be called a mode or a resource allocation mode. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, in LTE, the transmission mode may be called an LTE transmission mode. In NR, the transmission mode may be called an NR resource allocation mode.

For example, FIG. 10(a) shows a UE operation related to an LTE transmission mode 1 or an LTE transmission mode 3. Alternatively, for example, FIG. 10(a) shows a UE operation related to an NR resource allocation mode 1. For example, the LTE transmission mode 1 may be applied to general SL communication, and the LTE transmission mode 3 may be applied to V2X communication.

For example, FIG. 10(b) shows a UE operation related to an LTE transmission mode 2 or an LTE transmission mode 4. Alternatively, for example, FIG. 10(b) shows a UE operation related to an NR resource allocation mode 2.

Referring to FIG. 10(a), in the LTE transmission mode 1, the LTE transmission mode 3, or the NR resource allocation mode 1, a BS may schedule an SL resource to be used by the UE for SL transmission. For example, the BS may perform resource scheduling to a UE 1 through a PDCCH (more specifically, downlink control information (DCI)), and the UE 1 may perform V2X or SL communication with respect to a UE 2 according to the resource scheduling. For example, the UE 1 may transmit a sidelink control information (SCI) to the UE 2 through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and thereafter transmit data based on the SCI to the UE 2 through a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH).

Referring to FIG. 10(b), in the LTE transmission mode 2, the LTE transmission mode 4, or the NR resource allocation mode 2, the UE may determine an SL transmission resource within an SL resource configured by a BS/network or a pre-configured SL resource. For example, the configured SL resource or the pre-configured SL resource may be a resource pool. For example, the UE may autonomously select or schedule a resource for SL transmission. For example, the UE may perform SL communication by autonomously selecting a resource within a configured resource pool. For example, the UE may autonomously select a resource within a selective window by performing a sensing and resource (re)selection procedure. For example, the sensing may be performed in unit of subchannels. In addition, the UE 1 which has autonomously selected the resource within the resource pool may transmit the SCI to the UE 2 through a PSCCH, and thereafter may transmit data based on the SCI to the UE 2 through a PSSCH.

FIG. 11 shows three cast types, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 11 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 11(a) shows broadcast-type SL communication, FIG. 11(b) shows unicast type-SL communication, and FIG. 11(c) shows groupcast-type SL communication. In case of the unicast-type SL communication, a UE may perform one-to-one communication with respect to another UE. In case of the groupcast-type SL transmission, the UE may perform SL communication with respect to one or more UEs in a group to which the UE belongs. In various embodiments of the present disclosure, SL groupcast communication may be replaced with SL multicast communication, SL one-to-many communication, or the like.

In this specification, the transmitting UE may be referred to as a TX UE, and the receiving UE may be referred to as an RX UE. For example, a TX UE may include a UE performing transmission (e.g., PSCCH and/or PSSCH transmission) (to (target) RX UE). For example, a TX UE may include a UE transmitting channel (for example, PSCCH and/or PSSCH) used to sidelink (SL) radio link monitoring (RLM) operation (of a (target) RX UE), and/or a UE transmitting a reference signal (for example, a DM-RS and/or CSI-RS) (on the corresponding channel).

In this specification, for example, an RX UE may include a UE that transmits HARQ feedback (to a TX UE) according to whether decoding of data received from the TX UE is successful. For example, an RX UE may include a UE that transmits HARQ feedback (to a TX UE) according to whether the detection/decoding of PSCCH (related to the scheduling of the PSSCH) transmitted by the TX UE succeeds. For example, a RX UE may include a UE that performs its own data transmission (for a TX UE). For example, an RX UE may include a UE operating RLM and/or RLF operation based on (pre-configured) channel (for example, PSCCH and/or PSSCH) received from a TX UE and/or reference signal (on the corresponding channel) (for example, a DM-RS and/or a CSI-RS).

In this specification, the wording “configure or define” may be interpreted as being configured from a base station or a network. For example, the wording “configure or define” may be interpreted as being configured through predefined signaling from a base station or a network. For example, the predefined signaling may include at least one of a system information block (SIB), MAC signaling, and/or RRC signaling. For example, a “configure or define” wording may be interpreted as being pre-configured from a base station or network. For example, “A may be configured” may include “a base station or network configures/defines or informs A for a UE”. For example, “A may be configured” may include “the base station or the network pre-configures/pre-defines or informs A for a UE”. Alternatively, the wording “configure or define” may be construed as being configured or defined in advance by a system. For example, “A may be configured” may include “A is configured/defined in advance by a system”.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in a resource pool configured for sidelink communication, a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource may be configured with an N slot period. For example, the PSFCH resource may be periodically configured. For example, the PSFCH resource may be used for sidelink (SL) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback transmission, SL reference signal received power (RSRP) transmission, SL channel state information (CSI) report transmission, and the like. For example, the SL RSRP transmission may include SL L1 RSRP transmission and/or SL L3 RSRP transmission. In this case, for example, an RX UE may collect HARQ feedback information for data/control information received from a TX UE through a plurality of slots, and the RX UE may have to transmit the collected HARQ feedback information on one PSFCH resource. For example, an RX UE may collect HARQ feedback information for data/control information received from a TX UE through a plurality of slots, and the RX UE may have to transmit the collected HARQ feedback information on one PSFCH resource to the TX UE. For example, the plurality of slots may include a number of slots less than or equal to N. For example, the received data/control information may include a plurality of data/control information. For example, the data/control information may be transmitted through a PSCCH and/or a PSSCH. For example, the above operation of the RX UE may be a kind of SEMI-STATIC HARQ codebook operation (for example, the SEMI-STATIC HARQ codebook operation may be interpreted as a form (For example, the amount of HARQ feedback bits transmitted through the PSFCH is fixed regardless of the actual PSCCH and/or PSSCH reception on the linked K slot) that when PSCCH and/or PSSCH is received through at least one slot on (pre-configured/defined) K slot linked to PSFCH, HARQ feedback bits transmitted through PSFCH includes contents (for example, it is represented in a form of NACK or DTX) related to slot in which PSCCH and/or PSSCH is not received). Here, for example, a time gap between the PSSCH and/or the PSCCH and the PSFCH may be configured. For example, the time gap may include a time gap between a PSCCH/PSSCH and a PSFCH associated with the PSCCH/PSSCH. For example, the time gap may be configured specifically for a resource pool. For example, the time gap may be configured specifically for a resource pool to TX UE and/or RX UE. For example, the time gap may be configured to one or a plurality of TX UEs and/or RX UEs. For example, the time gap may be configured to one or plural. For example, the time gap may be configured differently for each slot. For example, the time gap may be configured differently for each slot for a TX UE and/or an RX UE.

Hereinafter, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the field (Hereinafter, the SAI field) indicating how many times the TX UE is performing transmission (on PSCCH and/or PSSCH related slot linked to PSFCH) is defined in the SCI on the PSCCH scheduling the PSSCH, a method of efficiently designating/assuming a size of a SAI field and a apparatus supporting the same will be described. For example, the SAI field may be a field indicating which number of data (e.g., PSCCH and/or PSSCH) transmission is performed by the TX UE (on PSCCH and/or PSSCH-related slot associated with PSFCH). Here, for example, based on the SAI field on the PSCCH received from the TX UE, the RX UE may determine whether or not the reception of data has been omitted (on the PSCCH associated with the PSFCH and/or the slot related to the PSSCH). For example, based on the SAI field on the PSCCH, the RX UE may determine whether or not the reception of data transmitted by the TX UE (on the PSCCH and/or PSSCH-related slot associated with the PSFCH) has been missed. In addition, when data reception omission occurs, the RX UE may regard/process the data reception omission as NACK. For example, when omission of data reception occurs, the RX UE may consider/process the omission of data reception as DTX. And, for example, the RX UE may configure related HARQ feedback information. For example, the RX UE may configure relevant HARQ feedback information to be transmitted to the TX UE. For example, the HARQ feedback information may be transmitted to the TX UE through one PSFCH resource.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the time gap between PSSCH and/or PSCCH and the (linked) PSFCH and the period of the PSFCH resource are configured, the number of linked slots (hereinafter, H_SLOTNUM) in which HARQ feedback information is aggregated/transmitted through one PSFCH resource may be derived. For example, the time gap and the period of the PSFCH resource may be configured in a resource pool-specific manner. For example, the time gap may include a time gap between PSSCH and/or PSCCH and a PSFCH associated with the PSSCH and/or the PSCCH. For example, the period of the PSFCH resource may include the period of the PSFCH resource configured in a resource pool. For example, the H_SLOTNUM may include the maximum number of linked slots in which HARQ feedback information is aggregated/transmitted through one PSFCH resource. For example, the (maximum or minimum) H_SLOTNUM value may be (pre)configured directly from a base station/network differently (or independently) according to congestion level and/or SL (channel) quality (e.g., SL CSI, SL RSRP/RSRQ/RSSI) and/or service type (and/or priority) and/or service-related QoS parameters (and/or requirements) (e.g., reliability, latency, priority) and/or cast type (e.g., unicast, groupcast, broadcast) and/or numerology (e.g., sub-carrier spacing, CP length) and/or carrier and/or resource pool, etc.

For example, when the time gap between PSSCH and/or PSCCH and PSFCH and the period of the PSFCH resource are configured as described above, a UE may acquire/derive H_SLOTNUM by considering the PSFCH resource (or a PSFCH-related slot) related/linked with the PSCCH and/or the PSSCH-related slot (e.g., slot #M) as the closest PSFCH resource (e.g., slot #(M+K), slot #(M+K+1), etc.) appearing after a time gap (e.g., K) pre-configured between the PSSCH and/or the PSCCH and the PSFCH from the corresponding PSCCH and/or PSSCH-related slot (e.g., slot #M). Here, for example, the size of the SAI field on the PSCCH (which is specifically determined and configured for the resource pool) may be obtained/derived based on Equation 1. Here, CEILING (X) may be a function deriving a rounded value of X. For example, the PSCCH may be a PSCCH transmitted in a resource pool. For example, the size of the SAI field may be implicitly obtained/derived according to Equation 1.

size of SAT field=CEILING(log₂ H_SLOTNUM)  [Equation 1]

Or, for example, a size of a SAI field on a PSCCH may be directly configured. For example, a size of the SAI field may be directly configured to a resource pool-specific value. For example, the PSCCH may be a PSCCH transmitted in a resource pool.

Here, for example, the above-described a time gap between PSSCH and/or PSCCH and PSFCH and/or a period of PSFCH resource may be configured differently based on at least one of congestion level, SL quality, service type, service priority, service-related QoS parameters, service-related requirements, cast type, numerology, carrier, and/or resource pool. For example, the SL quality may include at least one of SL CSI, SL RSRP, SL reference signal received quality (RSRQ), and/or SL reference signal strength indication (RSSI). For example, the SL quality may include an SL channel quality. For example, the service-related requirement may include at least one of reliability, latency, and/or priority. For example, the cast type may include at least one of unicast, groupcast, and/or broadcast. For example, the numerology may include sub-carrier spacing (SCS) and/or cyclic prefix (CP) length. For example, a period of a PSFCH resource may include a period of the PSFCH resource in a resource pool. For example, the time gap may include a time gap between a PSCCH and/or a PSFCH associated with the PSCCH.

FIG. 12 shows a procedure in which a transmitting UE transmits a PSSCH and a PSCCH related to N-th data to a receiving UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 12 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 12, a transmitting UE may transmit a PSSCH and a PSCCH related to the PSSCH to a receiving UE. For example, the N-th transmission data 1210 may be the N-th data transmitted by the transmitting UE to the receiving UE. The data may be included in the PSSCH. For example, N may be an integer of 1 or more. For example, the N-th transmitted data may include an initially transmitted TB. For example, the N-th transmitted data may include a retransmitted TB.

For example, the PSCCH may include the SCI 1220. For example, the SCI may include a field 1230 indicating the N-th data transmission. For example, the field indicating the N-th transmission data may include an SAI field.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, for example, through a predefined field (hereinafter, AGSLOT) in SCI on PSCCH, (all and/or part of) the (aggregated) number of slots (hereinafter, SFNUM) used for retransmission and/or initial transmission related to a specific TB may be signaled. For example, the specific TB may mean one TB. For example, all or part of the slot may be used for retransmission related to the specific TB. For example, all or part of the slot may be used for initial transmission related to the specific TB. For example, another UE receiving SFNUM can effectively avoid collision when selecting its own transmission resource. For example, the SFNUM may be received by a plurality of other UEs. Here, for example, “SFNUM-1” slots may be interpreted as a potential HARQ retransmission slot/resource which is to be determined whether to be actually used for retransmission based on HARQ feedback information to be received from the RX UE, not the number of slots that the TX UE will use for actual retransmission (and/or initial transmission). For example, whether the “SFNUM-1” slots are actually used for retransmission may be interpreted as finally determined based on the HARQ feedback information. For example, the HARQ feedback information may be NACK. For example, “SFNUM” slots may be interpreted as it includes a potential HARQ retransmission slot/resource which may be to be finally determined whether to be actually used based on HARQ feedback information to be received from a RX UE, not the number of slots that a TX UE will use all for actual initial transmission and/or retransmission. For example, whether the “SFNUM-1” slots are actually used for retransmission may be finally determined based on the HARQ feedback information. For example, “SFNUM” slots may include not the number of slots that the TX UE will actually use for initial transmission/retransmission, but a potential HARQ retransmission slot/resource to be finally determined whether to be actually used based on the HARQ feedback information received from the RX UE.

Hereinafter, in order to alleviate the problem of excessively increasing size of a SCI payload, a method of effectively designating/assuming a size of an AGSLOT field and an apparatus supporting the same will be described according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an SFNUM value (hereinafter, CONF_SFVAL) that can be indicated through an AGSLOT field specifically on a resource pool may be configured. For example, the CONF_SFVAL value may include an SFNUM value that may be indicated through the AGSLOT field on the SCI at a specific time. For example, the configured CONF_SFVAL value may include the maximum or minimum SFNUM value that may be indicated through the AGSLOT field on the SCI. In addition, when the CONF_SFVAL value is specifically configured for the resource pool, the size of the AGSLOT field on the PSCCH may be obtained/derived based on Equation 2. Here, CEILING (X) may be a function deriving a rounded value of X. For example, a PSCCH may include a PSCCH transmitted in a resource pool. For example, a size of an AGSLOT field may be implicitly obtained/derived based on Equation 2.

size of an AGSLOT field=CEILING(log₂ CONF_SFVAL)  [Equation 2]

Here, for example, a CONF_SFVAL value may be configured to be less than and/or equal to the maximum allowed number of retransmissions related to a specific TB. For example, the specific TB may mean one TB. For example, a CONF_SFVAL value may be configured to be less than and/or equal to the maximum allowable number of retransmissions and/or initial transmissions related to a specific TB. For example, a SFNUM value may be transmitted through an AGSLOT field on SCI. For example, a configured CONF_SFVAL value may mean the maximum SFNUM value that can be indicated through an AGSLOT field on SCI. In this case, for example, a SFNUM value signaled through an AGSLOT field on SCI may include a value equal to or smaller than a CONF_SFVAL value.

Here, for example, a CONF_SFVAL value may be differently configured based on congestion level, SL quality, service type, service priority, service-related QoS parameters, service-related requirements, cast type, neurology, carrier, and/or resource pool, etc. For example, SL quality may include SL channel quality.

FIG. 13 shows a procedure for a transmitting UE to transmit a PSCCH including an SCI to a receiving UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 13 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 13, in step S1310, a base station may transmit configuration information related to the maximum number of transmission resources that can be indicated on SCI to a transmitting UE. For example, the base station may transmit, to the transmitting UE, configuration information related to the maximum number of transmission resources that can be indicated on the SCI, related to a resource pool used for sidelink communication between the transmitting UE and a receiving UE.

For example, the transmitting UE may determine the size of an AGSLOT field based on the maximum number of transmission resources and Equation 2 above. In step S1320, the transmitting UE may transmit PSCCH including the SCI to the receiving UE.

FIG. 14 shows a procedure in which a first apparatus transmits an SCI to a second apparatus through a PSCCH according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 14 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 14, in step S1410, a first apparatus may receive information related to the maximum number of transmission resources which can be represented by sidelink control information (SCI) from a base station. In step S1420, the first apparatus may determine a size of a field on the SCI representing the number of transmission resources, based on the information related to the maximum number of transmission resources. In step S1430, the first apparatus may transmit the SCI including the field representing the number of transmission resources to a second apparatus. For example, the maximum number of transmission resources may be configured per resource pool.

For example, the number of transmission resources may include the number of resources that the first apparatus can use for initial transmission or retransmission.

For example, the maximum number of transmission resources which can be represented by the SCI may be configured by the base station or a network.

For example, the maximum number of transmission resources which can be represented by the SCI may be determined based on at least one of congestion level, information related to a channel of sidelink communication, a cast type of sidelink communication, a service type or priority related to a data transmitted by the first apparatus, a numerology related to sidelink communication, a carrier, or resource pool.

For example, the information related to a channel of sidelink communication may include at least one of sidelink channel state information (SCI), sidelink reference signal received power (RSRP), sidelink reference signal received quality (RSRQ), or reference signal strength indication (RSSI).

For example, the cast type of sidelink communication may include at least one of unicast, groupcast, or broadcast.

For example, additionally, the first apparatus may determine size of sidelink assignment information (SAI) field on the SCI, based on a period of a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource, a time gap between a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) or a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and the PSFCH resource related with the PSCCH or the PSCCH.

For example, the number of slot and location related to the PSSCH or the PSCCH, related with the PSFCH, may be determined based on the period of the PSFCH resource and the time gap.

For example, the size of SAI field may be determined based on CEILING (log₂ H_SLOTNUM) wherein the CEILING(X) may be a function that derives the rounded value of X, and wherein the H_SLOTNUM may be the number of slot related to the PSSCH or the PSCCH, related with the PSFCH.

For example, the SAI field may include information which represents how many times data has been transmitted on the slot related to the PSSCH or the PSCCH, related with the PSFCH.

For example, additionally, the first apparatus may receive the number of slot related to the PSFCH resource from the base station or the network.

For example, the period of PSFCH resource may be determined based on at least one of congestion level, information related to a channel of sidelink communication, a cast type of sidelink communication, a service type or priority related to a data transmitted by the first apparatus, a numerology related to sidelink communication, a carrier, or resource pool.

For example, the time gap between the PSSCH or the PSCCH and the PSFCH resource related with the PSCCH or the PSCCH may be determined based on at least one of congestion level, information related to a channel of sidelink communication, a cast type of sidelink communication, a service type or priority related to a data transmitted by the first apparatus, a numerology related to sidelink communication, a carrier, or resource pool.

The above-described embodiment may be applied to various apparatuses to be described below. For example, a processor 102 of a first apparatus 100 may control the transceiver 106 to receive information related to the maximum number of transmission resources which can be represented by sidelink control information (SCI) from a base station 300. And, the processor 102 of the first apparatus 100 may determine a size of a field on the SCI representing the number of transmission resources, based on the information related to the maximum number of transmission resources. And, the processor 102 of the first apparatus 100 may control the transceiver 106 to transmit the SCI including the field representing the number of transmission resources to a second apparatus 200.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first apparatus for performing wireless communication may be proposed. The first apparatus may comprise: one or more memories storing instructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: receive information related to the maximum number of transmission resources which can be represented by sidelink control information (SCI) from a base station; determine a size of a field on the SCI representing the number of transmission resources, based on the information related to the maximum number of transmission resources; and transmit the SCI including the field representing the number of transmission resources to a second apparatus. For example, the maximum number of transmission resources may be configured per resource pool.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus configured to control a first user equipment (UE) may be proposed. The apparatus may comprise: one or more processors; and one or more memories operably connectable to the one or more processors and storing instructions. The one or more processors may execute the instructions to: receive information related to the maximum number of transmission resources which can be represented by sidelink control information (SCI) from a base station; determine a size of a field on the SCI representing the number of transmission resources, based on the information related to the maximum number of transmission resources; and transmit the SCI including the field representing the number of transmission resources to a second UE. For example, the maximum number of transmission resources may be configured per resource pool.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions may be proposed. The instructions, when they are executed by one or more processors, may cause the one or more processors to: receive, by a first apparatus, information related to the maximum number of transmission resources which can be represented by sidelink control information (SCI) from a base station; determine, by the first apparatus, a size of a field on the SCI representing the number of transmission resources, based on the information related to the maximum number of transmission resources; and transmit, by the first apparatus, the SCI including the field representing the number of transmission resources to a second apparatus. For example, the maximum number of transmission resources may be configured per resource pool.

FIG. 15 shows a procedure in which a second apparatus receives a PSCCH from a first apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 15 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 15, in step S1510, a second apparatus may receive physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) from a first apparatus. For example, the PSCCH may include sidelink control information (SCI), wherein the SCI may include a sidelink assignment information (SAI) field, and wherein the SAI field may include information representing how many times the first apparatus has transmitted specific data to the second apparatus.

For example, additionally, the second apparatus may determine existence of missing data by the first apparatus based on the SAI field. For example, the second apparatus may transmit a negative acknowledge (NACK) to the first apparatus based on the determination.

The above-described embodiment may be applied to various apparatuses to be described below. For example, a processor 202 of a second apparatus 200 may control the transceiver 206 to receive physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) from a first apparatus 100. For example, the PSCCH may include sidelink control information (SCI), wherein the SCI may include a sidelink assignment information (SAI) field, and wherein the SAI field may include information representing how many times the first apparatus has transmitted specific data to the second apparatus.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a second apparatus for performing wireless communication may be proposed. The second apparatus may comprise: one or more memories storing instructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: receive physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) from a first apparatus. For example, the PSCCH may include sidelink control information (SCI), wherein the SCI may include a sidelink assignment information (SAI) field, and wherein the SAI field may include information representing how many times the first apparatus has transmitted specific data to the second apparatus.

Additionally, the second apparatus may determine existence of missing data by the first apparatus based on the SAI field; and transmit a negative acknowledge (NACK) to the first apparatus based on the determination.

Hereinafter, an apparatus to which various embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied will be described.

The various descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts of the present disclosure described in this document may be applied to, without being limited to, a variety of fields requiring wireless communication/connection (e.g., 5G) between devices.

Hereinafter, a description will be given in more detail with reference to the drawings. In the following drawings/description, the same reference symbols may denote the same or corresponding hardware blocks, software blocks, or functional blocks unless described otherwise.

FIG. 16 shows a communication system 1, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 16, a communication system 1 to which various embodiments of the present disclosure are applied includes wireless devices, Base Stations (BSs), and a network. Herein, the wireless devices represent devices performing communication using Radio Access Technology (RAT) (e.g., 5G New RAT (NR)) or Long-Term Evolution (LTE)) and may be referred to as communication/radio/5G devices. The wireless devices may include, without being limited to, a robot 100 a, vehicles 100 b-1 and 100 b-2, an eXtended Reality (XR) device 100 c, a hand-held device 100 d, a home appliance 100 e, an Internet of Things (IoT) device 100 f, and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) device/server 400. For example, the vehicles may include a vehicle having a wireless communication function, an autonomous vehicle, and a vehicle capable of performing communication between vehicles. Herein, the vehicles may include an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) (e.g., a drone). The XR device may include an Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR)/Mixed Reality (MR) device and may be implemented in the form of a Head-Mounted Device (HMD), a Head-Up Display (HUD) mounted in a vehicle, a television, a smartphone, a computer, a wearable device, a home appliance device, a digital signage, a vehicle, a robot, etc. The hand-held device may include a smartphone, a smartpad, a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatch or a smartglasses), and a computer (e.g., a notebook). The home appliance may include a TV, a refrigerator, and a washing machine. The IoT device may include a sensor and a smartmeter. For example, the BSs and the network may be implemented as wireless devices and a specific wireless device 200 a may operate as a BS/network node with respect to other wireless devices.

The wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may be connected to the network 300 via the BSs 200. An AI technology may be applied to the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f and the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may be connected to the AI server 400 via the network 300. The network 300 may be configured using a 3G network, a 4G (e.g., LTE) network, or a 5G (e.g., NR) network. Although the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may communicate with each other through the BSs 200/network 300, the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may perform direct communication (e.g., sidelink communication) with each other without passing through the BSs/network. For example, the vehicles 100 b-1 and 100 b-2 may perform direct communication (e.g. Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V)/Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication). The IoT device (e.g., a sensor) may perform direct communication with other IoT devices (e.g., sensors) or other wireless devices 100 a to 100 f.

Wireless communication/connections 150 a, 150 b, or 150 c may be established between the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f/BS 200, or BS 200/BS 200. Herein, the wireless communication/connections may be established through various RATs (e.g., 5G NR) such as uplink/downlink communication 150 a, sidelink communication 150 b (or, D2D communication), or inter BS communication (e.g. relay, Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB)). The wireless devices and the BSs/the wireless devices may transmit/receive radio signals to/from each other through the wireless communication/connections 150 a and 150 b. For example, the wireless communication/connections 150 a and 150 b may transmit/receive signals through various physical channels. To this end, at least a part of various configuration information configuring processes, various signal processing processes (e.g., channel encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, and resource mapping/demapping), and resource allocating processes, for transmitting/receiving radio signals, may be performed based on the various proposals of the present disclosure.

FIG. 17 shows wireless devices, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 17, a first wireless device 100 and a second wireless device 200 may transmit radio signals through a variety of RATs (e.g., LTE and NR). Herein, {the first wireless device 100 and the second wireless device 200} may correspond to {the wireless device 100 x and the BS 200} and/or {the wireless device 100 x and the wireless device 100 x} of FIG. 16.

The first wireless device 100 may include one or more processors 102 and one or more memories 104 and additionally further include one or more transceivers 106 and/or one or more antennas 108. The processor(s) 102 may control the memory(s) 104 and/or the transceiver(s) 106 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. For example, the processor(s) 102 may process information within the memory(s) 104 to generate first information/signals and then transmit radio signals including the first information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106. The processor(s) 102 may receive radio signals including second information/signals through the transceiver 106 and then store information obtained by processing the second information/signals in the memory(s) 104. The memory(s) 104 may be connected to the processor(s) 102 and may store a variety of information related to operations of the processor(s) 102. For example, the memory(s) 104 may store software code including commands for performing a part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 102 or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. Herein, the processor(s) 102 and the memory(s) 104 may be a part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver(s) 106 may be connected to the processor(s) 102 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 108. Each of the transceiver(s) 106 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 106 may be interchangeably used with Radio Frequency (RF) unit(s). In the present disclosure, the wireless device may represent a communication modem/circuit/chip.

The second wireless device 200 may include one or more processors 202 and one or more memories 204 and additionally further include one or more transceivers 206 and/or one or more antennas 208. The processor(s) 202 may control the memory(s) 204 and/or the transceiver(s) 206 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. For example, the processor(s) 202 may process information within the memory(s) 204 to generate third information/signals and then transmit radio signals including the third information/signals through the transceiver(s) 206. The processor(s) 202 may receive radio signals including fourth information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106 and then store information obtained by processing the fourth information/signals in the memory(s) 204. The memory(s) 204 may be connected to the processor(s) 202 and may store a variety of information related to operations of the processor(s) 202. For example, the memory(s) 204 may store software code including commands for performing a part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 202 or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. Herein, the processor(s) 202 and the memory(s) 204 may be a part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver(s) 206 may be connected to the processor(s) 202 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 208. Each of the transceiver(s) 206 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 206 may be interchangeably used with RF unit(s). In the present disclosure, the wireless device may represent a communication modem/circuit/chip.

Hereinafter, hardware elements of the wireless devices 100 and 200 will be described more specifically. One or more protocol layers may be implemented by, without being limited to, one or more processors 102 and 202. For example, the one or more processors 102 and 202 may implement one or more layers (e.g., functional layers such as PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC, and SDAP). The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate one or more Protocol Data Units (PDUs) and/or one or more Service Data Unit (SDUs) according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate signals (e.g., baseband signals) including PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document and provide the generated signals to the one or more transceivers 106 and 206. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may receive the signals (e.g., baseband signals) from the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 and acquire the PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document.

The one or more processors 102 and 202 may be referred to as controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or microcomputers. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. As an example, one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), one or more Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), one or more Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), one or more Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), or one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) may be included in the one or more processors 102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software and the firmware or software may be configured to include the modules, procedures, or functions. Firmware or software configured to perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be included in the one or more processors 102 and 202 or stored in the one or more memories 104 and 204 so as to be driven by the one or more processors 102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software in the form of code, commands, and/or a set of commands.

The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 and store various types of data, signals, messages, information, programs, code, instructions, and/or commands. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be configured by Read-Only Memories (ROMs), Random Access Memories (RAMs), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memories (EPROMs), flash memories, hard drives, registers, cash memories, computer-readable storage media, and/or combinations thereof. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be located at the interior and/or exterior of the one or more processors 102 and 202. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 through various technologies such as wired or wireless connection.

The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the methods and/or operational flowcharts of this document, to one or more other devices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may receive user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document, from one or more other devices. For example, the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 and transmit and receive radio signals. For example, the one or more processors 102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, or radio signals to one or more other devices. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may receive user data, control information, or radio signals from one or more other devices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be connected to the one or more antennas 108 and 208 and the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be configured to transmit and receive user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document, through the one or more antennas 108 and 208. In this document, the one or more antennas may be a plurality of physical antennas or a plurality of logical antennas (e.g., antenna ports). The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may convert received radio signals/channels etc. from RF band signals into baseband signals in order to process received user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc. using the one or more processors 102 and 202. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may convert the user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc. processed using the one or more processors 102 and 202 from the base band signals into the RF band signals. To this end, the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may include (analog) oscillators and/or filters.

FIG. 18 shows a signal process circuit for a transmission signal, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 18, a signal processing circuit 1000 may include scramblers 1010, modulators 1020, a layer mapper 1030, a precoder 1040, resource mappers 1050, and signal generators 1060. An operation/function of FIG. 18 may be performed, without being limited to, the processors 102 and 202 and/or the transceivers 106 and 206 of FIG. 17. Hardware elements of FIG. 18 may be implemented by the processors 102 and 202 and/or the transceivers 106 and 206 of FIG. 17. For example, blocks 1010 to 1060 may be implemented by the processors 102 and 202 of FIG. 17. Alternatively, the blocks 1010 to 1050 may be implemented by the processors 102 and 202 of FIG. 17 and the block 1060 may be implemented by the transceivers 106 and 206 of FIG. 17.

Codewords may be converted into radio signals via the signal processing circuit 1000 of FIG. 18. Herein, the codewords are encoded bit sequences of information blocks. The information blocks may include transport blocks (e.g., a UL-SCH transport block, a DL-SCH transport block). The radio signals may be transmitted through various physical channels (e.g., a PUSCH and a PDSCH).

Specifically, the codewords may be converted into scrambled bit sequences by the scramblers 1010. Scramble sequences used for scrambling may be generated based on an initialization value, and the initialization value may include ID information of a wireless device. The scrambled bit sequences may be modulated to modulation symbol sequences by the modulators 1020. A modulation scheme may include pi/2-Binary Phase Shift Keying (pi/2-BPSK), m-Phase Shift Keying (m-PSK), and m-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (m-QAM). Complex modulation symbol sequences may be mapped to one or more transport layers by the layer mapper 1030. Modulation symbols of each transport layer may be mapped (precoded) to corresponding antenna port(s) by the precoder 1040. Outputs z of the precoder 1040 may be obtained by multiplying outputs y of the layer mapper 1030 by an N*M precoding matrix W. Herein, N is the number of antenna ports and M is the number of transport layers. The precoder 1040 may perform precoding after performing transform precoding (e.g., DFT) for complex modulation symbols. Alternatively, the precoder 1040 may perform precoding without performing transform precoding.

The resource mappers 1050 may map modulation symbols of each antenna port to time-frequency resources. The time-frequency resources may include a plurality of symbols (e.g., a CP-OFDMA symbols and DFT-s-OFDMA symbols) in the time domain and a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain. The signal generators 1060 may generate radio signals from the mapped modulation symbols and the generated radio signals may be transmitted to other devices through each antenna. For this purpose, the signal generators 1060 may include Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) modules, Cyclic Prefix (CP) inserters, Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs), and frequency up-converters.

Signal processing procedures for a signal received in the wireless device may be configured in a reverse manner of the signal processing procedures 1010 to 1060 of FIG. 18. For example, the wireless devices (e.g., 100 and 200 of FIG. 17) may receive radio signals from the exterior through the antenna ports/transceivers. The received radio signals may be converted into baseband signals through signal restorers. To this end, the signal restorers may include frequency downlink converters, Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs), CP remover, and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) modules. Next, the baseband signals may be restored to codewords through a resource demapping procedure, a postcoding procedure, a demodulation processor, and a descrambling procedure. The codewords may be restored to original information blocks through decoding. Therefore, a signal processing circuit (not illustrated) for a reception signal may include signal restorers, resource demappers, a postcoder, demodulators, descramblers, and decoders.

FIG. 19 shows another example of a wireless device, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The wireless device may be implemented in various forms according to a use-case/service (refer to FIG. 16).

Referring to FIG. 19, wireless devices 100 and 200 may correspond to the wireless devices 100 and 200 of FIG. 17 and may be configured by various elements, components, units/portions, and/or modules. For example, each of the wireless devices 100 and 200 may include a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a memory unit 130, and additional components 140. The communication unit may include a communication circuit 112 and transceiver(s) 114. For example, the communication circuit 112 may include the one or more processors 102 and 202 and/or the one or more memories 104 and 204 of FIG. 17. For example, the transceiver(s) 114 may include the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 and/or the one or more antennas 108 and 208 of FIG. 17. The control unit 120 is electrically connected to the communication unit 110, the memory 130, and the additional components 140 and controls overall operation of the wireless devices. For example, the control unit 120 may control an electric/mechanical operation of the wireless device based on programs/code/commands/information stored in the memory unit 130. The control unit 120 may transmit the information stored in the memory unit 130 to the exterior (e.g., other communication devices) via the communication unit 110 through a wireless/wired interface or store, in the memory unit 130, information received through the wireless/wired interface from the exterior (e.g., other communication devices) via the communication unit 110.

The additional components 140 may be variously configured according to types of wireless devices. For example, the additional components 140 may include at least one of a power unit/battery, input/output (I/O) unit, a driving unit, and a computing unit. The wireless device may be implemented in the form of, without being limited to, the robot (100 a of FIG. 16), the vehicles (100 b-1 and 100 b-2 of FIG. 16), the XR device (100 c of FIG. 16), the hand-held device (100 d of FIG. 16), the home appliance (100 e of FIG. 16), the IoT device (100 f of FIG. 16), a digital broadcast terminal, a hologram device, a public safety device, an MTC device, a medicine device, a fintech device (or a finance device), a security device, a climate/environment device, the AI server/device (400 of FIG. 16), the BSs (200 of FIG. 16), a network node, etc. The wireless device may be used in a mobile or fixed place according to a use-example/service.

In FIG. 19, the entirety of the various elements, components, units/portions, and/or modules in the wireless devices 100 and 200 may be connected to each other through a wired interface or at least a part thereof may be wirelessly connected through the communication unit 110. For example, in each of the wireless devices 100 and 200, the control unit 120 and the communication unit 110 may be connected by wire and the control unit 120 and first units (e.g., 130 and 140) may be wirelessly connected through the communication unit 110. Each element, component, unit/portion, and/or module within the wireless devices 100 and 200 may further include one or more elements. For example, the control unit 120 may be configured by a set of one or more processors. As an example, the control unit 120 may be configured by a set of a communication control processor, an application processor, an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), a graphical processing unit, and a memory control processor. As another example, the memory 130 may be configured by a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Dynamic RAM (DRAM), a Read Only Memory (ROM)), a flash memory, a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and/or a combination thereof.

Hereinafter, an example of implementing FIG. 19 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 20 shows a hand-held device, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The hand-held device may include a smartphone, a smartpad, a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatch or a smartglasses), or a portable computer (e.g., a notebook). The hand-held device may be referred to as a mobile station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS), a Subscriber Station (SS), an Advanced Mobile Station (AMS), or a Wireless Terminal (WT).

Referring to FIG. 20, a hand-held device 100 may include an antenna unit 108, a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a memory unit 130, a power supply unit 140 a, an interface unit 140 b, and an I/O unit 140 c. The antenna unit 108 may be configured as a part of the communication unit 110. Blocks 110 to 130/140 a to 140 c correspond to the blocks 110 to 130/140 of FIG. 19, respectively.

The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., data and control signals) to and from other wireless devices or BSs. The control unit 120 may perform various operations by controlling constituent elements of the hand-held device 100. The control unit 120 may include an Application Processor (AP). The memory unit 130 may store data/parameters/programs/code/commands needed to drive the hand-held device 100. The memory unit 130 may store input/output data/information. The power supply unit 140 a may supply power to the hand-held device 100 and include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. The interface unit 140 b may support connection of the hand-held device 100 to other external devices. The interface unit 140 b may include various ports (e.g., an audio I/O port and a video I/O port) for connection with external devices. The I/O unit 140 c may input or output video information/signals, audio information/signals, data, and/or information input by a user. The I/O unit 140 c may include a camera, a microphone, a user input unit, a display unit 140 d, a speaker, and/or a haptic module.

As an example, in the case of data communication, the I/O unit 140 c may acquire information/signals (e.g., touch, text, voice, images, or video) input by a user and the acquired information/signals may be stored in the memory unit 130. The communication unit 110 may convert the information/signals stored in the memory into radio signals and transmit the converted radio signals to other wireless devices directly or to a BS. The communication unit 110 may receive radio signals from other wireless devices or the BS and then restore the received radio signals into original information/signals. The restored information/signals may be stored in the memory unit 130 and may be output as various types (e.g., text, voice, images, video, or haptic) through the I/O unit 140 c.

FIG. 21 shows a vehicle or an autonomous vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The vehicle or autonomous vehicle may be implemented by a mobile robot, a car, a train, a manned/unmanned Aerial Vehicle (AV), a ship, etc.

Referring to FIG. 21, a vehicle or autonomous vehicle 100 may include an antenna unit 108, a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a driving unit 140 a, a power supply unit 140 b, a sensor unit 140 c, and an autonomous driving unit 140 d. The antenna unit 108 may be configured as a part of the communication unit 110. The blocks 110/130/140 a to 140 d correspond to the blocks 110/130/140 of FIG. 19, respectively.

The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., data and control signals) to and from external devices such as other vehicles, BSs (e.g., gNBs and road side units), and servers. The control unit 120 may perform various operations by controlling elements of the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100. The control unit 120 may include an Electronic Control Unit (ECU). The driving unit 140 a may cause the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 to drive on a road. The driving unit 140 a may include an engine, a motor, a powertrain, a wheel, a brake, a steering device, etc. The power supply unit 140 b may supply power to the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 and include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. The sensor unit 140 c may acquire a vehicle state, ambient environment information, user information, etc. The sensor unit 140 c may include an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor, a collision sensor, a wheel sensor, a speed sensor, a slope sensor, a weight sensor, a heading sensor, a position module, a vehicle forward/backward sensor, a battery sensor, a fuel sensor, a tire sensor, a steering sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an illumination sensor, a pedal position sensor, etc. The autonomous driving unit 140 d may implement technology for maintaining a lane on which a vehicle is driving, technology for automatically adjusting speed, such as adaptive cruise control, technology for autonomously driving along a determined path, technology for driving by automatically setting a path if a destination is set, and the like.

For example, the communication unit 110 may receive map data, traffic information data, etc. from an external server. The autonomous driving unit 140 d may generate an autonomous driving path and a driving plan from the obtained data. The control unit 120 may control the driving unit 140 a such that the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 may move along the autonomous driving path according to the driving plan (e.g., speed/direction control). In the middle of autonomous driving, the communication unit 110 may aperiodically/periodically acquire recent traffic information data from the external server and acquire surrounding traffic information data from neighboring vehicles. In the middle of autonomous driving, the sensor unit 140 c may obtain a vehicle state and/or surrounding environment information. The autonomous driving unit 140 d may update the autonomous driving path and the driving plan based on the newly obtained data/information. The communication unit 110 may transfer information about a vehicle position, the autonomous driving path, and/or the driving plan to the external server. The external server may predict traffic information data using AI technology, etc., based on the information collected from vehicles or autonomous vehicles and provide the predicted traffic information data to the vehicles or the autonomous vehicles.

Claims in the present description can be combined in a various way. For instance, technical features in method claims of the present description can be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus, and technical features in apparatus claims can be combined to be implemented or performed in a method. Further, technical features in method claim(s) and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus. Further, technical features in method claim(s) and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in a method. 

1. A method for performing, by a first apparatus, wireless communication, the method comprising: receiving information related to the maximum number of transmission resources which can be represented by sidelink control information (SCI) from a base station; determining a size of a field on the SCI representing the number of transmission resources, based on the information related to the maximum number of transmission resources; and transmitting the SCI including the field representing the number of transmission resources to a second apparatus, wherein the maximum number of transmission resources is configured per resource pool.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the number of transmission resources includes the number of resources that the first apparatus can use for initial transmission or retransmission.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the maximum number of transmission resources which can be represented by the SCI is configured by the base station or a network.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the maximum number of transmission resources which can be represented by the SCI is determined based on at least one of congestion level, information related to a channel of sidelink communication, a cast type of sidelink communication, a service type or priority related to a data transmitted by the first apparatus, a numerology related to sidelink communication, a carrier, or resource pool.
 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the information related to a channel of sidelink communication includes at least one of sidelink channel state information (SCI), sidelink reference signal received power (RSRP), sidelink reference signal received quality (RSRQ), or reference signal strength indication (RSSI).
 6. The method of claim 4, wherein the cast type of sidelink communication includes at least one of unicast, groupcast, or broadcast.
 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining size of sidelink assignment information (SAI) field on the SCI, based on a period of a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource, a time gap between a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) or a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and the PSFCH resource related with the PSCCH or the PSCCH.
 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the number of slot and location related to the PSSCH or the PSCCH, related with the PSFCH, are determined based on the period of the PSFCH resource and the time gap.
 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the size of SAI field is determined based on CEILING(log₂ H_SLOTNUM), wherein the CEILING(X) is a function that derives the rounded value of X, and wherein the H_SLOTNUM is the number of slot related to the PSSCH or the PSCCH, related with the PSFCH.
 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the SAI field includes information which represents how many times data has been transmitted on the slot related to the PSSCH or the PSCCH, related with the PSFCH.
 11. The method of claim 7, further comprising: receiving the number of slot related to the PSFCH resource from the base station or the network.
 12. The method of claim 7, wherein the period of PSFCH resource is determined based on at least one of congestion level, information related to a channel of sidelink communication, a cast type of sidelink communication, a service type or priority related to a data transmitted by the first apparatus, a numerology related to sidelink communication, a carrier, or resource pool.
 13. The method of claim 7, wherein the time gap between the PSSCH or the PSCCH and the PSFCH resource related with the PSCCH or the PSCCH is determined based on at least one of congestion level, information related to a channel of sidelink communication, a cast type of sidelink communication, a service type or priority related to a data transmitted by the first apparatus, a numerology related to sidelink communication, a carrier, or resource pool.
 14. A first apparatus for performing wireless communication, the first apparatus comprising: one or more memories storing instructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: receive information related to the maximum number of transmission resources which can be represented by sidelink control information (SCI) from a base station; determine a size of a field on the SCI representing the number of transmission resources, based on the information related to the maximum number of transmission resources; and transmit the SCI including the field representing the number of transmission resources to a second apparatus, wherein the maximum number of transmission resources is configured per resource pool.
 15. An apparatus configured to control a first user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories operably connectable to the one or more processors and storing instructions, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: receive information related to the maximum number of transmission resources which can be represented by sidelink control information (SCI) from a base station; determine a size of a field on the SCI representing the number of transmission resources, based on the information related to the maximum number of transmission resources; and transmit the SCI including the field representing the number of transmission resources to a second UE, wherein the maximum number of transmission resources is configured per resource pool. 16-20. (canceled) 